Shear for flanged metal shapes



Jan. 9, 1945. J. souTAR SHEAR FOR FLANGED METAL SHAPES Filed Oct. 23, 1943 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 ATTC EN EY Jan. 9, 1945. SOUTAR 2,366,987

' SHEAR FOR FLANGED METAL SHAPES 5 Filed oct. 23, 1945 2 sheets-sheet 2 INVENTOR ORNEY Patented Jan. 9, 1945 S PATENT oFFicE .This invention relates to Vmetal: shearsfin gen-' eralandV particularly to shears'designed to cut channelsor other anged metal'. shapes having aplurali-ty' of` angularly:disposedvv elements.v

; Ithas been found extremely hard' inishearing flanged metal shapes to. hold the parts -in properposition. and obtain a scm-arciv shear in all ceases.

where the shapes are formed/of.v morethan two elements.- It has been found necessary in rshearinglarge channels to rst make a rough shear then true up the channel; -by making two angle cuts, one through. one flanger and partA ofl the web,A and the other thIOughtheother flange and the remainderof the web"r Such. a shearing pro.- cedure involving three separate operations' is expensive and. approaches the 'sawing` cost.. f .Cer-

tainflanged metal shapes` formed of more 'than threev elements,V .such as channels, have been sheared in. a single. operation, but in substantially all. cases the memberhad to be trued up incase an exact cut was required. It is an object,V therefore, of the present invention to provide ashear fgor .flanged metal shapes formed of more than threeelements and in which the shapesv are sheared. .by blades. moving simultaneously in two directions. f

A.r further object of the invention is the pro- `vision of a shear for flanged metalfshapes in which. the shear blade moves substantially vertical,v While a second shear blade moves both 'l horizontally and vertically.-

I -A still .further object ofthefinvention is the provisionV of a shear machine forr anged metal shapes, such-as channels, and havingtwo shear blades, one moving through theA web and'one f flange from the outsidetoward the` inside, and a be seen. that the shear isl` made up of .two main' parts,l namely;V a base member Ar and ya head member B. The base member .A is formed with aflat plate 2v adapted to' be secured to the operating .machine basev (not shown) throughthe-use of downturned anges 4. Projecting upwardly `llanged metal shape. any suitable means such. las stud bolt 24,4 to. one

from`the ilat plate is afsupport member- 6 having itsr upper partv shaped to conformv roughly tothe crosse-section of. the metal. shape which is tel be sheared. Attached to this upwardly projecting supportisr a hardened metal member!! having. one' shear edge4 Ilfadapted' to support the .outside of flange I2 ofthe channel. The hardened metal member=8 is. also .provided with angularly dis- 'posedy shear edges I4 and: ladapted 'to'r support',

respectively, the web I8 and flange'` 2li oflthe A plate 22is fastenedby side of the upstanding; support 6l and this plate is kformed onits inner `face ,witha projection 2G having aninclined surface 28'inclined down.- Wardly toward. the center of the support. It. will be obvious that by changingy the contour of the support. member andthe hardenedmet'al. plate 8, variousfangedmetal shapes other than `chan-- nels can be accommodated.

vthe shear is attached.

vThe second -main'part or head memberB is formed with a top platell adapted to be secured to. ay reciprocating part of the machine to which This head member is formedr with a downwardly extending projection 32 having an irregular shaped vlower surface adapted to yat leastpartiallyY embrace the flanged metal'shape which isto be sheared. In the present instance the downwardly extending prol, jection has attached thereto a hardened shear second. shear blade moving through the remain# ing ange fromthe inside. toward the outside.

These and other-objects of the invention will be apparent to persons skilled in the art from a .study of the following description'and accompanying drawings, in which: l

Fig. 1 is an end view of the improvedshear;

.Y ig,.2 is aside view of the improved shear.;

@Fig 3 is a side view of the headmember of v the .shear witha part Abroken away to better dis.

closethe construction; l

Fig. 4isan end Viewy of the head member;v YFig. 5 is anv end view of the shear members y similar tofFig. 1-but showing the parts in lowered b1ade3f4, which shear blade is vformed with shearing. surfacesj36 and 38 adapted to Contact the outer surfaces 4I! and-42, respectively, of` the web `I8 and flange 2Il of1the flanged metal shape; The lowerportion of the projection 32 which partially embraces. the hanged metal shape. is formedwith an -opensided slot 44v adapted to receive ia second lshear' blade 46. This shear blade, asvclearly shown inl'figs. 1, 3 and 4, is mounted in thefslot 44 for transverse sliding movement relative to the support and .to the shear` blade. 3 4. This second shearv blade v.is formedyvith a-s'hearingedge 48 adapted to shear through the ange I2 of the flanged metal shape. As clearly shown in Figs. l, 5. and 6, the sliding shear 'blade 46 is formed with an inclinedfrear edge k5I) adapted to cooperate withandfslide along the ,inclined` surface. 28.lpreviously, referredy to. oaction `between `the inclined surfaces 50.- and 2 8.

.port plate 8.

ber will cause the shear blade 46 to move laterally inward with respect to the head. In order that the shear blade may be retracted, a handle 52 is welded or otherwise secured thereto and projects outwardly past the support member and attached plate 22 in order that an operator'may grasp the handle and move the slide to its retracted position shown in Fig. l; If desired, spring means may be used in connection with the handle in order that the shear blade 46 will automatically retract upon raising of the head member 32.

In operation the hanged metal shape, such as the channel shown, is slid into position vbetween the various shearing edges of the support and head member. Upon vertical downward movement of the head member 32, the shearing edge 36 of blade 34 contacts the upper, outer corner of the web I8 and shears downwardly through this web. At about the time that the shearing edge 36 has moved through web I8 from the outside toward the inside, the shearing edge 38 will contact flange 2l] and move downwardly through this flange. During the downward motion of head 32 the second shearing blade 46 will also move vertically downward since it is held in slot 44 of the head. However, as the head moves downwardly the inclined surface 50 of the sliding shear blade 46 will cooperate with inclined surface 28 of the support and will move the sliding blade inwardly. At about the time, or shortly after, the shearing edge 38 contacts ilange 20, the shearing edge 48 of blade 46 will contact flange I2. Continued downward movement of the head will cause the various shearing edges of the blades carried by the head to move through the various elements of the flanged metal shape and past the shearing edges IB, I4 and I6 of the upport shearing plate 8. It will be seen from the preceding that the blade 34 moves in a substantially vertical direction, in other words, has one degree of translational ireedom; while the shearing blade 46 moves vertically with the head and horizontally with respect to the head, in other words, it has two degrees Aof translational freedom. The movement of the head carried shearing blades in the directions described will cause the shearing blade 34 to move through the web and one flange of the channel from the outside toward the inside, while the shearing blade 46 will move through the flange I2 in a direction from the inside toward the outside. The opposite surfaces of-the web and flanges will, of course, be firmly supported by the shearing edges i0, I4, and I6 of the sup- By supporting the flanged metal shape so that each of its elements is iirmly supported on one side and engaged on the 'other side by moving shear blades traveling in the same general direction, it is obvious that distortion of the flanged metal shape is substantially prevented;

While the construction has been shown more or less in detail and illustrated as formed to shear a channel, it will be obvious to persons skilled in the yart that by slight modifications and rearrangements of parts the construction -mayFbe changed to permit shearing of any flanged shape formed of a plurality of angularly disposed elements. All such modifications and rearrangements of parts are contemplated which fall within the scope of the appended claims defining my invention.

What is claimed is:

1. In a machine for shearing a channel shaped member having a webI and at least two flanges during downward movement of the head memthe combination of, support means for the web and anges provided with shearing edges, a vertically movable head structure carrying a shear blade adapted to be moved in a vertical direction only past certain of the shearing edges o f the support means to shear the web and one flange of the channel shaped member, and a second shear blade carried by and movable with and also relative to said vertically movable head structure, said second shear blade having a horizontal movement during its vertical movement and moving past a shearing edge of the support means to shear the other vflange of the channel.

2. In a machine for shearing a channel shaped member having a web and at least two flanges the combination of, support means for the web and 'flanges provided with shearing edges, a vertically movable head structure carrying a shear blade adapted to be moved vertically past certain of the shearing edges of the support means to shear the web and one flange of the channel shaped member from the outside, and a second shear blade carried by and movable with said vertically movable head structure, said second shear blade having a horizontal movement during its vertical movement and moving past a shearing edge of the support means te shear the other ange of the channel from the inside.

3. In a machine for shearing a anged metal shape having a web and at least two flanges the combination of, support means for the web and flanges provided with shearing edges, and a pair of connected shear blades movable in unison in at least one direction adapted to be moved past the shearing edges of said support means to shear the iianged metal shape, one of said shear blades moving in said one direction only to shear the web and one flange of the iianged metal shape while the other shear blade has an added movement in another direction to vshear the other lian'ge of the metal shape.

4. In a machine for shearing a hanged metal shape formed of at least three angularly disposed elements the combination of, support means for one side of each of said angularly disposed elements, shearing edges formed on said support means, a rst shear blade having one degree of translational freedom and movable past certain of said shearing edges to shear certain elements of the metal shape, and a second shear blade connected to said first shear blade and having two degrees of translational freedom and movable Ipast other of said shearing edges to Shear the remainder of the elements of the metal shape.

5. In a machine for shearing a flanged metal shape formed of at least three angularly disposed elements the combination of, support means for one side of each of said angularly disposed elements, shearing edges formed on said support means, a first shear blade having one degree of translational freedom and movable past certain of said shearing edges to shear certain elements of the metal shape, a second shear blade having two degrees of translational freedom and movable past other of said shearing edges to shear the remainder of the elements of the metal shape, means controlling the one degree of translational freedom of said shear blades, and additional means controlling the second degree of translational freedom of said second shear blade.

6. In a machine for shearing a flanged metal shape formed of at least three angularly disposed elenients the combination of, a base membei', support means carried by the base member and supporting one lside of each of said .angularlyy disposed elements, shearing edges formed on said support meam, a substantially verti cally reciprocal headmember, a first shear blade rigidly attached to said headmernber. and movable thereby past; certain of said shearing edges to shear certain of said angularly disposed elements, a second shear blade carried by said head member and movable therewith in a substantially vertical direction and relative thereto in a substantially horizontal direction past other of said shearing edges to shear the remainder of said angularly disposed elements, and means formed on said base member andy operable to cause the substantially horizontal movement of said second shear blade during its substantially vertical movement with the head member.

7. In a machine for shearing a flanged metal shape formed of at least three angularIy disposed elements the combination of, support means for onel side of each of the angularly dis'- posed elements, and a pair of connected shear.

blades movable past portions of the support means andalso relative to each other to shear each of said angularly disposed elements.y

8. In a machine for shearing a channel member having a web .and flanges directed to one side of the web the combination of support means for the inside of the rweb and one iiange and for the outside of the other flange, and a pair of shear blades movable past portions of the support means and also relative to each other, one of said shear blades moving through the Web and one flange from the outsidevtoward the inside and the other shear blade moving through the remaining ange from the inside towardthe outside.

JOHN SOUTAR. 

